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...state legislature from Rush and Henry counties (which have not gone Democratic since the Civil War). The magic of the Willkie name helped some; but the main reason for his nearly 5-to-1 victory over a candidate who had not been defeated in 35 years was his own tireless stumping: 7,800 miles by automobile; 16 hours a day of doorbell-ringing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Local Skirmishes | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

There were a few islands of elegance in the sea of shabbiness: Britain's Anthony Eden; Princess Juliana and her consort, Prince Bernhard; Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, a Central European internationalist who for over two decades had been a tireless crusader for a united Europe. Churchill wore a long frock coat such as most British politicians discarded around World War I. It was just possible that the old trouper was trying to look more "European," a little less John Bull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: The Grand Design | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Married. Craig Rice, 39, tireless manufacturer of farcical whodunits for radio (Murder and Mr. Malone), cinema (The Falcon in Danger) and lending library (Home Sweet Homicide); and Henry W. De Mott, 28, fledgling scriptwriter; she for the fifth time, he for the first; in San Diego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Eleanor Roosevelt, tireless globetrotter, was the guest who mattered in England last week. "She is welcome not only for the great name she bears," observed the London News Chronicle, speaking for a great many people, "but for her own endearing qualities of heart and mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 19, 1948 | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Made statuesque by her 30 added pounds and sporting as always a great white gardenia in her glossy hair, Billie took her homage like a queen. Her voice, a petulant, sex-edged moan, was stronger than ever although she had done no singing at the reformatory. Seemingly tireless and with only three days of rehearsal behind her, she sang 32 numbers, mostly cultist favorites like Billie's Blues, All of Me, Fine and Mellow, and the throat-tightening Strange Fruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Life | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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